SummerStage - Bronx Venue Calendar

Linda Viera Caballero quickly made a name for herself as La India, one of the biggest voices in salsa. But before Celia Cruz would dub her the “Princess of Salsa,” she got her start in the South Bronx, where she was a founding member of the Latin Freestyle group TKA, and cut a solo record with Freestyle legends John “Jellybean” Benitez and her husband “Little” Louie Vega. After “Llegó La India via Eddie Palmieri,” she blossomed into salsa royalty and never looked back, going on to work with Cruz and Tito Puente, and winning Best Salsa Album Latin GRAMMY for her album Intensamente India Con Canciones De Juan Gabriel. She’s joined by DJ Tony Touch of The Originals on the ones and twos.

“Human beatbox” Doug E. Fresh is one of the pivotal figures of hip-hop, who can accurately imitate drum machines and effects with just his mouth and a microphone. His early collaborations with Slick Rick — ”The Show” and “La Di Da Di” — are among the genre’s foundational hits. Funk Flex is more than just a DJ. He’s a hip-hop institution, a radio and club mainstay who has helped some of New York’s biggest artists and hits break out and continues to keep his finger on the pulse of hip-hop and R&B. These SummerStage alums are back with an old-school park jam reminiscent of hip-hop’s humble and joyous beginnings, celebrating the art form in which they’ve invested their lives, in the borough in which it was born.

The annual tradition of GhanaFest-NY once again brings its celebration of Ghanaian culture and heritage to the residents of New York City. This year’s event features music from popular Ghanaian rapper Edem, who debuted in 2009 with The Volta Regime and won the Best International Act-Africa at the 2015 Black Canadian Awards. The video for his 2016 song “Nyedzilo” was nominated for three WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards. On the ones and twos is Andy Dosty, the Ghanaian DJ and radio presenter with Ghana’s Multimedia Group Limited; he’s hosted Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM since 2017.